فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّواْ بَأۡسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنۡهَا يَرۡكُضُونَ ١٢
And when they [i.e., its inhabitants] perceived Our punishment, at once they fled from it.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- فَلَمَّآThen whenfalammā
- أَحَسُّواْthey perceivedaḥassū
- بَأۡسَنَآOur tormentbasanā
- إِذَاbeholdidhā
- هُمtheyhum
- مِّنۡهَاfrom itmin'hā
- يَرۡكُضُونَwere fleeingyarkuḍūna
Tafsir
Then when those who were destroyed saw My destructive punishment, they began to run from their towns to flee destruction.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran